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DEFINITION: n. The colorful array of plastic bags and other debris which blossom on the trees, thanks winter's whistling winds -- and a few careless neighbors. v. To watch your garbage caress the landscape, as it blows in the wind.
Verboticisms
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Timbertrash
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: tim-bur-trash
Sentence: After the long weekend party, the trailor trash left all kinds of timbertrash.
Etymology: timber (as in trees, wood) + trash (as in garbage)
Litterature
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: lit ter a chur
Sentence: The wayward plastic blooms clinging to the bare trees were a form of visual litterature for Kathy. She found the essay in messy,the use in refuse, the rash in trash and the bag in garbage. Waste not, want not became her battle cry. She would use the pen in aspen to describe her strew love...
Etymology: Litter (garbage,refuse) & Literature (creative writing of recognized artistic value;a picture painted with words)
Canoppy
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kan oh peee
Sentence: The use of polypropylene has cahnged the canopy to a canoPPy, which is a sackrilage
Etymology: canopy, pp as in polypropylene
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COMMENTS:
a canoppy? That hors d'oeuvres is for the birds! - readerwriter, 2009-04-02: 06:35:00
the little kid in me related to the PP, and the adult in me to sackrilage! Your whole verbotomy works very well on many levels! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-02: 09:58:00
It's ickollogical, isn't it? good word - Nosila, 2009-04-02: 21:53:00
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Arbbish
Created by: ChickenWhistle
Pronunciation: ARR-bish
Sentence: "Oh, look at that delightful arbbish fluttering whimsically in Trevor's apple tree!"
Etymology: 'arb'- from 'arbre', the French for tree. 'bish' from 'rubbish', meaning garbage or worthless.
Beulitter
Created by: Bughunt
Pronunciation: beau-lit-er
Sentence: That's some beulitter!
Etymology: BEaUtiful, LITTER
Littercling
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: litt er cling
Sentence: The gusts of wind blew loose garbage and debris from the ground in great swirling motions along the streets. The wind swirls were littercling the prickly shrubs, not yet budding, and trees, still dry and dormant. They continued littercling lamposts and swathing the city’s streets and surfaces. The litterclings revealed a decorative mix of discarded plastic remnants of garbage bags and other such permamatter.
Etymology: From litter and cling. It is the effect of wind depositing trash on prickly trees etc.
Winterefuse
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: Wyn-tur-eff-yuse
Sentence: Katie and Alex sat on the park bench, watching snow melt and winterefuse blow through the trees. Somehow, they thought it was the most romantic thing ever.
Etymology: Winter (after Fall, before Spring) + Refuse (garbage, trash)
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COMMENTS:
Nice word, that! A dip in fine chocolate for you! - metrohumanx, 2009-04-02: 02:05:00
So nice to see you again. Welcome Back! Chuckling with delight to see the lovers in their winter refuge finding winterrefuse romantic! Nice Uptake! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-02: 02:21:00
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Garbingers
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: gahr-bihn-gherz
Sentence: Once it had warmed up, Grandpa Bill loved taking little Olive out for walks or drives. He could point out all the garbingers of Spring clothing the countryside: the Cokasis, the PigglyWigglias, the Walmarthias, the Safewaysias, and in more exclusive areas, the rare TraderJoenums and Rodeodrendums.
Etymology: GARB, meaning clothing + GARBAGE, meaning refuse + HARBINGER, meaning a precursor or herald
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COMMENTS:
Hysterical. - mrskellyscl, 2009-04-02: 06:14:00
I always admire the brilliant pink of the supre carriandras - petaj, 2009-04-02: 06:45:00
Exceptional flowairy prose! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-02: 10:02:00
good one rw - galwaywegian, 2009-04-02: 14:18:00
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-02: 18:21:00
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Garbbloomage
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Gar-bloom-age
Sentence: Angel and her father Jimmy often walked the nature trail in their neighborhood on sunny days and often they would see the many colors of the brightly colored "garbbloomage" up in the trees. Jimmy felt total discust and told Angel, "those were not real flower blooms and that the wind had swept the the neighbor Mr.Careless Slobster's garbage into the trees!"
Etymology: Gar;First three letters of of garbage. Bloom;Something resembling the flower of a plant. Age;Last three letters of the word garbage.
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COMMENTS:
your word makes garbage sound beautiful - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-03: 05:56:00
I just LOVE "garbloomage"! (The word, not the phenomenon.) - metrohumanx, 2009-04-06: 01:18:00
Thank you both very much :) It makes it all worth while! - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-06: 09:14:00
Absolutely love this word! :) - ChickenWhistle, 2015-01-16: 11:29:00
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Polyleaves
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: pälēlēvz
Sentence: The trees in our area go through two stages of color change. The first when Fall arrives and Mother Nature paints the landscape with golds, oranges and reds, the second when the leaves fall to the ground and the colorful polyleaves become more visible.
Etymology: poly (polyester) + leaves (foliage)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2009-04-02: 01:53:00
Moving defintion and cartoon, Metrohumanx and James. They inspired me to say something I never thought I would: I prefer the blustering spring snows and ice on the two maples in my yard.
Who couldn't love the charming effect of a polypropylene tree ornament? -perhaps tatooed carny babes?
abrakadeborah - 2009-04-03: 04:34:00
Great definition Metrohumanx :) & Cartoon James :) I LIKE IT!
Thank you! I have always loved watching garbage blowing in the wind. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James